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Improvements are on the way for Mozambique s important groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) crops which have suffered from periods of drought in recent years. Orlando Quilambo, biologist and scientific research director at the Eduardo Mondlane University...

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Improvements are on the way for Mozambique s important groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) crops which have suffered from periods of drought in recent years. Orlando Quilambo, biologist and scientific research director at the Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo, has discovered a local small-grained variety with better productivity in dry conditions. Just as inoculation with rhizobium increases nitrogen fixation, he confirms that inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi increases the variety s tolerance for drought.
Email: quilambo@zebra.uem.mz